Ohio · Ohio Revised Code — Title 29, Crimes

Ohio Rev. Code (Criminal) § 2919.193: Determination of detectable fetal heartbeat; penalties

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a fifth-degree felony by knowingly performing or inducing an abortion without first determining whether the unborn human individual has a detectable heartbeat, except in medical emergencies.

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